(A) would not inspire national protests.
(B) could spark even greater change.
would not lead to students being arrested.
caused an unnecessary amount of danger.
The sit-in movement led to a three-day meeting in April 1960. Ella Baker arranged the event. She was a leader of the SCLC. Baker gave a speech at the beginning of the conference. She encouraged participents to work for greater change than desegregated lunch counters. Martin Luther King Jr. backed her ideas.
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The part of the text shows that Ella Baker believed the lunch counter sit-ins
(B) could spark even greater change.
Her encouragement for participants to work for greater change beyond just desegregated lunch counters indicates her belief that the sit-ins could lead to broader social progress.
The quote from the text that best supports the answer regarding Ella Baker's belief that the lunch counter sit-ins could spark even greater change is:
A. It was a model for peaceful protest that thousands of other Americans soon followed.
This quote emphasizes the broader impact of the sit-ins as a model for peaceful protest, implying that they inspired further actions and movements for change.
In this part of the text, the author uses the word "backed" to mean
A. supported.
The context in which "backed" is used indicates that it refers to Martin Luther King Jr. supporting Ella Baker's ideas.
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